. Mildred's inheritance; Just her way; Ann's own way; . ere hadeven been a good reason, sighed Lillian, butit was only carelessness. And the trouble of itis, the world is full of Daisy Averys. ANNS OWN WAY ANNS OWN WAY ANN ! Ann ! Have you been home yet tofeed the chickens ? The call came from thedoorway of a big old farmhouse, where a pleas-ant-faced woman stood looking out over theOctober fields. The answer floated down from an apple-treenear by, where a ten-year-old girl sat perchedamong its gnarled branches. She had a dog-eared book of fairy tales on her knee, and wasporing over it in such
. Mildred's inheritance; Just her way; Ann's own way; . ere hadeven been a good reason, sighed Lillian, butit was only carelessness. And the trouble of itis, the world is full of Daisy Averys. ANNS OWN WAY ANNS OWN WAY ANN ! Ann ! Have you been home yet tofeed the chickens ? The call came from thedoorway of a big old farmhouse, where a pleas-ant-faced woman stood looking out over theOctober fields. The answer floated down from an apple-treenear by, where a ten-year-old girl sat perchedamong its gnarled branches. She had a dog-eared book of fairy tales on her knee, and wasporing over it in such blissful absorption thatshe had forgotten there were such things inall the world as chickens to be fed. Nom, Aunt Sally, I havent done it yet,but Ill go in a minute, and she was deep intothe story again. But, Ann, came the voice after a momentswaiting, it is nearly sundown, and you oughtto go right away, dear. Lottie says that youhave been reading ever since you came home 55 ANN S OWN from school, and I am afraid that your motherwouldnt like Oh, bother! exclaimed Ann under herbreath, shutting the book with an impatient ANNS OWN WAY 57 slap; but she obediently swung herself downfrom the limb, and went into the house forthe key. The little cottage where Ann Fowlerlived stood just across the lane from her UncleJohns big brown house, where she was stayingwhile her mother was away from home. , who had been called to the city by hersisters illness, had taken little Betty with her,but Ann could not afford to miss school andhad been left in her Aunt Sallys care. Thearrangement was very agreeable to the child,for it meant no dish-wiping, no dusting, no run-ning of errands while she was a guest. Heronly task was to go across the lane twice a dayand feed the chickens. As Ann came out of the house swinging thekey, her aunt called her again : Mrs. Graysonwas here to-day. She came to invite you andLottie to a Saturday afternoon romp with herlittle girls to-morrow. Shes a
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